Official Cup

Javier Amilcar Díaz
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Inter Miami CF's Tonico Tinoco started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th minute Tonico Tinoco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pang Yao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Román Riquelme could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Pang Yao made a huge save. In the 6th minute, Lars Ek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Halil Okaner in the 8th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Justo Montrel kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pang Yao. That made the score 1-0 in the 10 minute of play. Inter Miami CF's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Justo Montrel in the 15th minute. 16 minutes into the match, Erasmo Lekubegi dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Pang Yao, 2-0. Pang Yao didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Inter Miami CF's Tonico Tinoco shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Panait Gherase hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Pavel Pânzaru recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 31st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Inter Miami CF booed when Eantdit FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Martin Morar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Román Riquelme fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pang Yao having to interfere. A collision led to Eantdit FK getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Martin Morar hit a great ball. Pang Yao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Justo Montrel in the 40th minute of play. Román Riquelme's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pang Yao read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. Tonico Tinoco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Pang Yao made a huge save. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by Eantdit FK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Justo Montrel was slow to take the kick. During this time Inter Miami CF's players had a chance to rest. Inter Miami CF's Román Riquelme was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Pang Yao in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Lars Ek charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lars Ek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 44th minute, Lars Ek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Halil Okaner was the one to do the kick off. Halil Okaner charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Halil Okaner the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 51st match minute, Eantdit FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Halil Okaner to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Román Riquelme's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pang Yao was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Pang Yao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Román Riquelme, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Inter Miami CF's Javier Fridman was substituted for Eriberto Miranda. After a rather tough play, Eantdit FK's Martin Morar got a free kick in the 60th minute. Pang Yao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Román Riquelme in the 61st minute of play. In the 62nd minute Inter Miami CF were awarded a corner. Justo Montrel went to the cornerflag to take it. Inter Miami CF's Justo Montrel was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Pang Yao in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience was convinced that Tonico Tinoco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pang Yao was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tonico Tinoco in the 66th minute of play forced Eantdit FK's goalkeeper Pang Yao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pang Yao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tonico Tinoco in the 67th minute of play. After some careless play in the Eantdit FK defense, Román Riquelme kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pang Yao. The Eantdit FK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pang Yao should have stopped the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pavel Pânzaru during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Pavel Pânzaru kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Pang Yao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tonico Tinoco in the 74th minute of the match. After 76 minutes Eantdit FK's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Justo Montrel who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Justo Montrel got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pang Yao quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tonico Tinoco in the 78th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pang Yao prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 80 minutes into the match, Román Riquelme notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of Eantdit FK's Pang Yao. Pang Yao was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 83 minutes into the match, Eantdit FK's goal looked a bit too open when Tonico Tinoco came free, but Pang Yao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pang Yao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tonico Tinoco in the 87th minute of the match. After 93 played minutes, Inter Miami CF's Justo Montrel shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Pang Yao came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Inter Miami CF reached it. When the referee ended the match the Inter Miami CF players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.